39.5% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wongarra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wongarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a defining feature of Wongarra, where nearly 40% of residents volunteer. This is far above the national figure and marks the area as one of the most active for volunteering in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteers make up 39.5% of the population, which is among the highest for similar areas and far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 55.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 23.3% providing unpaid care. Both figures are far above the national average, though only 7% provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the state and national figures.
23.3% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
7.0% —
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
55.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 55.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Wongarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22826/wongarra/topic/community